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Sovereignty is, apparently, the new buzz word of defence industry policy. What does that actually mean and how can it be implemented especially in terms of the $35 billion contract awarded to British company BAE to build nine frigates in Adelaide? Will we be able to change anything once they are ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Australia to cement the multi-billion dollar, decades-long defence relationship between the two countries. French company Naval Group will build 12 submarines in Adelaide at a cost of $50 billion Australia's largest ever defence contract. The ...

The Federal Opposition argues too many of our big defence contracts are going offshore at the cost of the local industry. Labor accuses the Turnbull Government of being "policy tourists" on major defence contracts, many of which have been granted to overseas companies. Shadow Defence Minister ...

The Federal Government will spend $3.8 billion dollars on a quest to boost Australia's defence exports. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants Australia to be in the world's top ten exporters of military equipment. So how can Australia muscle into a highly competitive and highly guarded ...